If I Should Love...

When we love

Perfectly

It will be

Heaven

I should wish to love

This way

Even now

To love fully

Then let go

To rejoice completely

In another’s success

And wish them nothing

But happiness

I would love to love

The way I should

And never blush

Should thought rush

From under this hood

Of flesh and blood disguise

And my eyes

Would be the window

To unspoken word

I should love to think

It would be all right

If every thought was heard

And no grudge or spite

Would blemish the light

That ought to shine

From the divine

And it could

If I would

Love like I should…

© Janet Martin